PARLIAMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1720, 14 July 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

[liV TKI.|-.GK\I'II. — HI'KUIVL C'OUItKKI'ON'DKN'T.] Tho Natives and the Land Courts. WKMiiMtiM.v, Li&t Night. Tiik following arj the mateiial parts of the petitions pi escii ted yes ten Ily by Mr Hoblw, further impugning the conduct ,iiid adiiiinistr.itioii ot the Laud Court at Ciimbiidgc:—From Ehake, Taupo, 2i)th .June, pmyiiig P.uliament to tike cognisance ot the proceedings -of the Native Lind Court in connection with down grants in the matter of the Whakatutu Black, together with the proceedings of Mr Sheehan and the Patctere Company. The judgment of the court is alleged to be uns-atisfac-tory. On the day the hearing of the ratua case w.is adjourned, in answer to a question, the oouit said that in conjunction with Mr Sheehan it had already given judgment. Not till then did the petitioneis become aware then case was determined. . From this re.as.on the grantees in the block consider the judgment uufaii. They assert thnt Mr Sheehau was the only person allowed to act with thecouit in its decision. None of the tribes or li'ipni wete allowed to tahe part m the linal proceedings. Parliament was. therefore, asked to enquire into this decision, as, although the petitioneis and grantees in the block, they have been left out of the reserve. The others arc from Wirimu te Whetu and 21 othcis in re tlie Waotu case. The material allegations aie .ib follows :—We have nothing to say against Judge Macdonald, personally he is a gentleman, but his fault, as far as we saw, was his allowing Mr .Sheeh.in to consult with him every evening whilst tho case was u<b jtuhii. This ""caused us to think that the cas.'S were not decided on their merits, but influenced by statements made outside. This is gathoied fiom Mr Sheehan himself, he having said that he was a peisonal fiiend ot Judge Macdonald, and that on his arrival he (Mr .Sheelmn) u ould gain all his cases. The petitioners asked that flori Warihina and Judge "Williams should appear and give evidence in support of these allegations. The petition for a rehearing in tho Waotu No. 2 came on to-day before the Native Affairs Committee. Chief Judge Macdonald, who arrived from the North this morning, was present. The case foi 1 the petitioners was a very weak one; indeed, on the application of Judge Macdonald, the further hearing was adjourned till Tuesday, to give him time to look into the papers. It is more than probable a check will now be put upon the grave scandals which have been going about in connection with this court. Mr Sheehan, whose conduct has been impugned to such an extent in connection with these, is en route here, so that before long Parliament will have an opportunity^ of hearing the other side of the question.

, The Separation Debate. „ The Separation Resolutions debate lm& run to seed, and everyone is more or less anxious that it should, come, to close. ' It is at best a losing game', -Juid a mere waste of time, as it was {£ \\>ellUnown fact, .admitted on all sides, that they could not possibly ' succeed. Night after night it has dragged pn to almost empty benches a dreary, repetition. The opinion is it will close to-night. If so, it will be late. The, majority against, the resolutions is act down at ( ls. ,

• The best and'' cheapest mean's* l of preserving shingles' is probably a soaking in> a trough or tank of- limowash or strong < liniewater. J The latter 'is' effective* ami/, most convenient; as carpenters dislike Ito^ lay shingles covered with lime, but -thw ! water' being- drained off for soaking the .A shingles the lime can be used 1 on Hue;. ■land./ Shingles so treated getalfoostlas ,' hard as horn, and are always clean, sOj)^ moss growing on thetnj nor dust adhei:-^ iug. They,' , therefore., dry? soojp, and;aj-oj> about proof against' decay. "Crttde'^etro-il leum or hot gas-tar'miiy bei,,einployed.'tbt^